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THE ABGTJB, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1891.
cv r 1 ' .
f the Finest Silk,
, lace and Klbbona.
f""hr1 Hr..s-sfor one customer.
t of BomrthiiiK under fdOO.
c,,i1,t.;ilK.ration attained in
tfidef thist-Hrment. Tliese eluh,
i'a ...,,., inns were of thesoft-
J" , silk imiiii:ilc. ami were
tf'"" ,,,,,l'itli rwil Valenciennes
rl ....rp alike in color, lliere
V , pink." Kreen mi'l a white
bi'!'' l'..r in ii contrast ins; t int.
' . f mwiitly finurwl eastern
. , ami ruffles of lace and
Ali;l" " .... ... tl. i.-W. There
" !i"-,f D..ve!tie- in 'nc lin-rene.
tM . t,lr.--.-fs have a deep
?,!'";liHr likea frill, which
i.0"' " .;, i,.,- half .Iowa the
Si"".., .. !. tlinn formerly.
: , ..iriii.-nts are ailorneil w:tb
::'" sr,i, Hiik nicht-
Si' ''. i " i :.. tbi.L- hi ii linlirv
w? ' ' . ' .."'i" " J
lib; felm
c;nTDi:fs is coumckd cambric.
fir: cut depicts a very elaborate
V i" colored cambric, enhanced
i.' ust tucks li,le plaitings, vandyked
I m:mi1ioM, with rihbon bows at the
,Aus;i iinl waist. In the second
Ihonu a pretty gown for an invalid.
. innee silk trimmed with braces
i'-nn iu wliifp crepon cloth, cut ont
rudvkes and buttonholed with silk
sioi; the shade of the ribbon bows and
I jWner iiithtiircss is in the Russian
It mar ne or longciotn, camoric 01
,.:silk, i finely tucked at the throat
mist nnil fastened nt the left side
t.ralwit'l, which displays a colored
:(ritcliing like that on the straight
LiranJ cuffs.
The Elevator Fiend A rain.
There Is an elevator operator in a preten
tions office building down town who all
Jay long amuses the infantile intellect with
vhjcb heaven has afflicted him by playing
on, tha irritability of his passengers. Hia
favorite device to that end Is to stand in
his car with the door partly open and wait
until he sees somebody coming. Then he
calls out, "Goin up!" and the passenger
usually starts on a run for the elevator.
Just a he gets to it the operator slams the
door in his face and starts the car, grin
ning idiotically at the baffled and usually
Irate ferson on the other side. This is fun
to a mind of a certain stamp.
This same operator used to relieve the
tedium of his work by lying about the ten
ants and the number of the floors. When
a mac came along and asked for John
Smith the operator would bark with that
irritating insolence peculiar to his kind,
"Fif fioor." But when the man got out
out at the "fif " he would find that Mr.
Smith's office was on the tenth or twelfth"
Then the human gadfly would stop the car
towat h with glee how his unfortunate
victim was wandering miserably about the
buildii g.
One of his favorite diversons was to
change every day the system by which he
counted the floors. One day the ground
floor wis the first and the next day the
first wns the first floor above the ground.
By this means if a man came in today and
got out at the fifth floor to see Mr. Jones,
tomorrow he would get out oue floor too
high or too low. At which, of course, the
ywung man in the elevator was immensely
amused.
Avenng lightning may not strike this
young man nor the building fall on him,
but tho tenants still have hopes. They
think that some day somebody will come
along w ho isn't afraid of him, and not ap
preciating his peculiar humor will lay for
him and break his neck perhaps. Xew
Vork lirald.
IXVAI.IU's XIonTDRF.sS.
Is petik'uais are wonderfully elabo
h fcwnf them are flounced half their
li with lace and silk. Stiff shot silks
:rnKlewith every movement of the
Mr are preferred for day wear. Surah
fumstfnal of which evening petticoats
rw.ij maiie.
An Awful Snake Story.
A hoop snake chased Architect Rufus B.
Van Iderstine down Orange mountain,
Xew Jeisey, and he only escaped an awful
death by strategy.
Going to East Orange he saw what he
supposed was a 12-foot section of firehose
hanging over a rock high above the road.
On close inspection he saw it was a serpent
with a head like a bulldog and a tail that
ended with a barbed stinger half a foot
long.
Rufus took to his heels when he saw the
monster move down the rocks. He got
half a mile start, but looking back at the
bend of t he road he saw the snake grasp
its tail in its mouth, forming a hoop that
swiftly railed after him. The hoop snake
came on with electric speed. When the
frightful creature was within a hundred
yards of him. Van Iderstine darted behind
a big oak. The hoop snake swerved, and
coming en in blind rage, drove his spear
like tail into the tree.
It wai trapped. Rufus hurried to
Orange for help to return and destroy the
monster. Two hours later half a dozen
men with shotguns ascended the moun
tain. The hoop snake was gone. It had
pulled its tail out of the hollow, horny
stinger, which was left buried in the tree.
It was so deeply imbedded that only chips
from its edges could be broken off.
Poison from the stinger was killing the
tree and its foliage was curled and with
ered when the hoop snake hunters first saw
it. An ugly green liquid dripped from the
hollow st.nger like sap from a sugar tree
spile and deadened the green it fell upon.
Xew Vcrk Journal.
Tailor (iowus.
'M,k fai eil cloths, more costly than
. "O'V Ueeil UL lirPVmiia uuaanna n a
J tailors fur eliilioriitB ovm-nii Thtr
very uK1,t shades of tan, reseda.
.u rue, auu are combined with fleecy
.- j.,iMiro stripes on a ground the
: of tiie niain cloth. Soft. nliuhU
-t-.-u: siuiis in wide diagonals and
:ic;f:i.!y woven in fpnt.lir fliwinn.
i,itir of diamond shape, and in
r'"-ill t:t-.ri)tl KtririAU DM lilraH rnm
--njji.O Trnl'i.. ".f.D ; C,..t I
r.-, imvy blue and in blue black
as Anr.- -a.i.t
1., v - ' Ajciuca Luese are
-ttes, illumiuated at intervals
it inroads and many fleecy stuffs
l!r- 'Ittl fur eil!ir r,.,- .!, I. m
'tul, of :l vi-.t 1...I i ,
, , wit. ui itNiLDer. a
'T'.0t ve'Vut is UJ in combination
- c.f'iis, imj ,e favorite trimmings
;WiSaiid fur.
.r,,Kl'1 aw,i" Hke a stand ia favor
- ..vi.is that escape the ground for
's'd iiiastr.n.a ..... :
- Sl.li.n. ;iw .fl, . m.
rHlnw i-ueuregsmaters. rney
k-to j. .' '" gowns, some fastened
r"ck, others with coat fronts und
Cffr crussiK diagonally. But, above
K i iue luguimate tailor
(jw. ta varieties, as me
'c short Frencl coat, the
fa hut u corselet front and
Pit bl'iiat; sImPle and fnul
l-w . aua iravsung dresses.
r. buttoned on the forearm are pre
far. moit r Kowas.-HarDer'.
x. ...
. urOtliH nt t.u l i
a rukl fronts. th iia.no .ti
Wu?' a br0Hd PlBi ln tni
-"Pieu to irirta, made in
Lv W tweed or In n,i. i,i. .
"'MT'; juCket aud a fU -Wrt,
l rL -,Uccs are P1 te a
ItiinH collur cut horseshoe
'"i around the waist and at the
w;..!'.1'.' l:lui,k' for Kirls under tbir-
.dw.,'.!n,ttre nm,ie with upright;
:t ti,e I- u llJt; fullness stitched
'NtUi .-'Ulv "t the waist. Lone
t ? also madn witl. nlnl,ol
I? ar,l . ::l,y the hain't shirt
riutj" ,1U' Iniliug, are as little
cloak of any kind can be.
:s oisl"' ", " 80013 1'ke checker
i7uegu,(n,on,u and ""PPbires
The Boas Tramp.
There Li a man in Xashville who has
traveled the length and breadth of the
United States, from Maine to Mexico, from
New York to San Francisco, and did not
pay a dinje for his passage, and he rode
half the way in a first class passenger
coach, the other half in box cars and as
"blind bat gage." "I made o0 once." said
he, "and it was the easiest money that ever
came into my hands. Major Clarfee was
tha passen er agent of the Atchison, To
peka and Santa ITe road, and I went to him
in Fort Worth, told him I was unfortu
nate and I wanted to get out of town. He
gave me a pass to some point about thirty
miles up tl e road, and I left that night.
"When I went into the coach, who should
I meet but Major Clarfee, He motioned
for me to have a seat by him, and com
menced asking about me and how I man
aged to get about 'Why, major,' I said,
'I have traveled over your road a thousand
times and never paid a cent or had a pass,
nor beat my way.' At this the old man
pricked up his ears, for he thought he
would catc 3 some one of bis conductors at
softie underhand trick. 'How do you
do itf tho major asked me. 'That's a
secret,' said I. 'I'll give you $20 to put me
on to it.' 'Make it $50,' said I. 'Done,'
and he passed over the money. 'Well, ma
jor, I walk.' " Xashville American.
Tha Misuse of a Phrase.
There is nothing obscure in the etymology
of the Spaidsh phrase, 1 Dorado, which
means literUly "The Gilded," yet to such
an extent hits it been abused that few know
that it originally related to a man and not
toacountry. Iu the latter sense it has been
applied to almost every gold bearing dis
trict encountered in America since the dis
covery, and there is scarcely a mining camp
in our far w stt but has named its richest
lode or most popular resort, whether bar
room, billiard saloon or theater, El Dorado.
As early as the Sixteenth century it
served to daiignate an imaginary region
abounding la gold and precious stones in
the interior of South America, but prior to
this acceptation it had become a synonym
for the most remarkable legend of the Xew
World, the Hup posed eastern proximity of
which invessed its unexplored territory
with the glamour of oriental romance.
The terra was Indeed an appellation of
royalty, aud El Dorado perhaps a veritable
king, whose daily attire is said to have
been a simple coating of aromatic rosins,
followed by sprinkling of gold dust blown
through a ban boo cane. Lieutenant H. R.
Lemly ln Century.
Bow Fepper Ia Prepared.
nn nlunt ia nroiuurated bv cut-
, - -
tings, comes into bearing three or lour
it ia art. and vielda two CTODS
annually for about twelve years. When a
few of the berries change from green to red
all of them ai-e gathered, because if they
were allowed to ripen any longer they
would be lest pungent To fit them for
market they ure dried, separated by rub
bing with the hands, and cleaned by win
nowing. The black pepper of commerce
consists or the berries uius premicU.
Foods and Beverages.
Surface Indlcitlous Do Not Alwaja Count.
Minnie From outward appearances I do
not like Jack.
Agnes Xeil her do I.
Minnie Th n why do you allow him to
call?
Agnes Beet .use I likethe inward appear-
anceof hispocketDooK. iew iw.-.
BORG'S
GM0GT0
Chewing1 &uth
A Delicious and Healthful Confection!
THE PUREST AND BEST CUM
VBB OFFl'MBO TO THB PUBLICI
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE INVALUABLE!
IT CURES
SOEE THROAT, COUGHS AND COLDS,
AMD IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO DYSPEPTICS.
It whitens the teeth and sweetens the breath, im
parts a pleasant tasle to the mouth, and an agree
able feeling to the stomach.
KorR's Choc-To Gum is the best, try it once, and
yon will use no other afterwards. If any dealer
you ask for it. has not got it, take no other, but eo
somewhere else. You will find all progressive
dealers have it. that is the class of dealers to pat
ronize always for anything you want.
CHEW BORC'S CHOC-TO CUM,
MtNUFUCTURIO AT
69 A. 61 S. CANAL ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL
Ilarta Bahnsen, Wholesale ApenU for Bock
Island
ji " E. C. FWAZEW. j tffE
t ANTHRACITE COAU I fJAu
O. O. D.
Steam Laundry,
221 and 223
EIGHTEENTH ST.
AL Laundry Work done on short notice.
A (peculty of Dress Skirts.
Prices as Low as the Lowest.
CARL ACHTERMAN,
Proprietor.
PARKERS'
Laundry,
No. 1724 THIRD AVE.
A. M. & L. J. PARKER,
rBOFBTBTORS.
tamrst-class wsrk and special attention to
prompt delivery.
Brxe vb rr,-
Telephone No. 1214
tot sals by all nrat-claaa Grocery dealers.
i A pamp ilet of btformatkm and j
stract o ' toe iawa,anowiiui iiuw
; ODtaia tntrenca, Mrcii, Traded
aaaraa. ioprriTDW, ai
Mtm HUNK M.
31 Bmiwi
Hew Yark.
W. C. MAUCKER,
Eavlac purchased the
-Taylor House-
Property which ae haa had refitted for the ko
tel buisess, is now prepared to accom
modate transient guests.
Day and Regular Boarding
at very reasonable prices.
He is also engaged la the
Grocery Business
Jat the aame place with s choice lot of Qrocerlea.
I arm prouuee a specially.
THE TBATELEBS WC1DK.
QHIOaQXBOCK ISLAND PAClriC KAIL-
. wine, r mo BTenae ana nunr
llrrt street. Frank H. Plnmmer, agent.
TRAIS8.
Council Blaffa A Minneto-1
UDavKxpresB.... I
Kansas City Day Kxpress...
Warbineton Bxpreea..
Council Blnffa Miuneao-1
ta Kxprees f
Council Binds A Denver I
Limitea Vestibule Bx.. f
ft ansaa (Mr w 1 .1 m ( t
Atlantic Accommodation
lOrM pm
fian mm
tOolng wesT. t Going east. Daily.
tLSAVS.
4:15 am
5:50 am
8:S8pm
7:50 pm
l.5eam
tAnJUVB.
1:00 am
II :18 pm
:vd pm
7:06 am
S :89 am
4:54 am
8U8 pm
Db'tOJNGTON ROD'IB-C, B. Q. RAIL
Zf, T Depot First svenne and BUteenth tt..
TRAINS. mvt ,hbiii
Bt Loois Kxpreu :4B am :4P am
I. S,1,tll" T:35 pm 7:18 pm
u PJJn.1 BxPre 5 :48 prr. 7 Mam
Beardstown Passenfter 8:55pm 10:35am
Way Freight (Monmouth)... :25an. 1:50 pm
Way Freight (8terllng) 18:S!6pm 10:10 km
Sterling Passenger 7 :20 am 6:48 mn
Pnhnone " 10: am 8:08 pm
DHlly.
CHICAGO, MlLWAUKKg A ST. PAUL RAIL
way Kaclne & Southwestern Division De
pot Twentieth street, between First and Second
avenue. E. D. W. Holmes, agent.
TRAIN8. Lsavb Abbivx.
Mail and Kxpree 6:45ar 9:00 pm
St. Paul Kxir ss 8:15 pm 11:25 am
t.A Accon modatlnn '0C;t 10:lcarr
Ft. Accommodation 7:85 sn 6:10pm
OCR ISLAND PEORIA RAILWAY DK
pot First avenue and Twentieth atreet, F
H. Rockwell, Agent.
TRAINS'. . Lav. ABBiva.
Fast Mail Express 8:10 am 7:30 pm
Express 2:80 pm 1:80 pm
Cable Accommodation 8:10 am 8:00 pm
" " 4 :00 pm 8:05 am
M06T DIRECT ROUTS TO THE
East, South and Southeast.
XAST BOUND.
Lv. Pock Island.
Ar. Oriun
CamT'due ..,
G-lva
Wyoming....
Prlrct ville ..
Peoria
Fast M'l.
8:10 am
8:51 am
9:15 am
9 :44 am
10:20 am
10:89 am
1 :135 im
Blcomington.
Springfield
Jacksonville
Decatur.... ...........
Danville
Indiananolfa
Terre Haute
&vansMlle
Bt. I ouis
Cinclnna'i
Louisville
Expn ss
2 -M
s:ii4 pm
3:27 pm
8 57 pm
4:85 pm
4:5: pm
5:f& pm
1 :15 pm
8:45 i m
4-00 pm
8:50 pm
8:50 pm
6:35 pm
7:10 pm
1:30 am
8:110 pm
10:00 pm
I 9:15 pm
4:30 pm
is lion i
'innil r.m
jl8:10 n't
8:15 am
iiu:uu am
7:85 am
7:00 am
7:00 am
WIST BOUND.
Lv.Peoria 110:15 ami 4:10 pm
Ar. Rock Island 1 :30 pm 7:80 pm
Accommodation trains leave Rork Is'and at
o:uua. m.anan 45P.m: arrive at Peoria8:45n.
m. and 8:80 a. m. leave Ferula 6:00 a. m. and
7 :15 p. m ; arrive Rock Island 4 :00 p. m, and. 8:05
l. ....
AH trains ran daily exrent Snndav.
All passe ger traina strive and depart Union
depot. Peoria.
Free Chair car on Fast Express beta een Rock
Is'ond and Peoria, both directions.
Through ticket to all points; baggage cnecked
uiivuu w uesiuiauou.
CABIX BRAHCH.
lAecoro,
Lv. Bock Island 9 lo am
Arr. Reynolds lO&laui
" Cable 1 11. 00 am
Accent.
4.00 pm
5.C6 pm
6.40 pm
Lv. Cable
Ar. Reynolds
" I Rock Island..
H. B. BIT) LOW,
Superintendent.
Arccm. Acccm.
6.20 am l'0pm
7.UI Ml 1.43 pm
7.55 ami a.OOpm
R. BTOCKBOUbS,
GeD'l Tkt, Agent.
WACQUUKTED WITH THE DEOantFRT OF THIS C0WTRY WIU OBTM
MUCH VALIMBIE WFORIIATIOII FROM A STUOT OF THIS MAP OF THE
Tha Direct Route to and from Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa,
Peoria. La Sal It. Mollbe, Rock-Island, In ILLINOIS;
Davenport. Muscatine, Ottumwa, Gakaloosa, Dei
Molnei, Wlnterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, ln IOWA; Minneapolis and St. Paul, ln MIX
KESOTA; WatM-towii and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA;
Cameron. St Joseph and Kansas Cltr. in MI9?orai:
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Kelson, in KEBRA8KA ;
Aicntaon, leaven worth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson.
Wichita, Belleville. Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell, to
KANSAS ; Kingfisher, EI Reno and Mloco, ln INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Bpringa and Pueblo,
In COLORADO. Traverses new areas of rich farmlna
and (razing lands, anording tha beat facilities of inter
communication to all towns and cities east and west,
northwest and southwest of Chicago and to Padnc and
trans-oceanic seaports.
MAGNIFICENT
VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
1 sailing all competitors In splendor of equipment,
between CHICAGO and DBS MOINES, COUNCIL
BLUFFS sod OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PCEBLO. via
-KANSAS CTTY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH.
ruat-aaas Say Oeacnej, FREE BBCUNINO CHAIR
CARS, end Palace Steepen, with Dining Car Bervloa.
Close connection at Denver aud Colorado Spring with
diverging railway lines, bow Coming tha saw and
pictuiwsaue
STANDARD QAVQX
TRANS-BOCKT MOUNTAIN ROUTS
Over which awparbly-eenlpned trains ran dally
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE to and from Salt
Lake City, Ofdaa and Ban Fnadaos. THE ROCK
ISLAND ia also th Direct ana Faenrtu Una in .4
from Manlton, Pike's peak and all other sanitary and
aceuw rosonaanaciues ana mining districts in Colorado,
DAILY WAST KXPRESS TRAINS
Prom Bt Joseph and Kansas City to and from all Im
portant town, cities and sections in Southern Nebraska.
Kansas and th Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from Kansas City and Chicago to Water
town, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
connections for all points north and northwest between
the lakes and th Pacific Coast.
For Tickets, Mans. Folder, or desired information
apply to any Coupon Ticket Office in th United States
or Canada, or address
E. ST. JOHN. JOHN 8EBASTIAN.
Gem Manager. Genl Tkt. A Pa. Agt,
CHIC. O. tX.
v
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"Was Pvir domf
ilCANTAaAUS
MhgM&mA before
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ROLLIN RITICK,
Succeesor to Adameon oi Rniek,
PRACTICAL MACHINIST,
Rock Island, 111.
Shop Nineteenth St., bet. First and Second Avenue,
c
General Jobbing and Repairing promptly done.
JSfSecond Hand Machinery bought, Bold and repaired.
H. SIEMON & SON,
-DKALHH3 IK-
toves and
inware,
7
Baxter Banner Cooking and Iloat'.ne Stoves and the Genes eo Cooking 8tOTe.
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work.
1R08 8ECONT) AW,., ROOK ISLAND, IIiL.
J. IYEa CHRISTY,
Steam
Cracker Bakery,
KAIUFACTUEEB CF CRACKERS HID SiSCUlTS.
Ask ToTir Grocer for Them.
t hey are Best.
SPECIALTIES:
The Christy "Ctstbb'' atd Christy "Watbb."
EOCK ISXAND.
SEIVERS & ANDERSON,
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS.
All Kinds ol Carpenter Work Done.
general Jobbing don on short notice and satisfaction guaranteed.
Offloe ana Sfcop 1412 Fourth Awenoe, ROCK ISLAND.
Fall and Winter Stock
OF GOODS EECEIVED BT-
HOPPE: The Tailor.
tSITCaU and Examine.
fpen for the Seasop,
(moliki. avznuk) Joe Hubep's Garden,
A magnificent place lor picnics, parties, etc.
NICOLAI JTJHL,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Shop corner Twety-errmd street and Sinth avenue. Residence SMS
Thirteenth avenue.
t Is prepared to make estimates and do an kinds of Carpenter work. 6iv kha a trial.
CHAS, DANNACHER;
rreprtotor ef taeradV Street
O 3E3 IHt $r.
- AJkindaef Ct Flower eoaatantry a aaad.
aHoaee Flower Store
Otto Mock north ef Central Park, the largeet in la. ' 3tH Brady btreet, Davenport, low a.
C. T. W. SCHBELNEB,
Contractor eind. Bu.ild.er,
1131 and 1123 Fourth avenne. Residence lilt Fourth aveane. .
Plans and specifications furnished on all classes of work: also spent of WUler's Patent t&sMe
filiding Blinds, eomething new, stylishand desirable. . ..
BOCK ISLAJTD. ILL.
GE0SGE SCHAFEB, Proprietor.
1601 Seooad Avenae, Comer of eiitaenth etree . Opposite Harper 'a Theatre.
The choicest Wines, Liquors, Beer and Cinars aiwavs on Hand
ree Lttseh Xrerj Daj - gaedwiefces Furnished on 8ho t Sctie